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Rooted in recovery: How mementos of Chris Farley returned to campus
Why recovery advocate Tom Farley was inspired to leave behind two reminders of his brother Chris at Marquette’s new wellness facility.
Marquette MBA recognized with top 50 ranking
Student-faculty interaction, reputation among business education leaders help Marquette earn distinction in U.S. News and World Report’s MBA rankings.
C-Lead program prepares savvy communication students for real-world leadership
When Julia Emery, Comm ’25, got an email about the Communication Leadership Concentration Program (C-Lead), she figured it was worth a shot to apply. “I did see myself as a leader, but I wasn’t the loudest person in the room,” Emery says. She wondered if C-Lead could help her become that person — bold, commanding…
Marquette engineering co-op connections deepen student expertise and career readiness
Oscar Hernandez, Eng ’25, was unfamiliar with process engineering when he landed a co-op with Astronautics Corporation of America in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, his junior year. He soon discovered he loved the fast-paced environment that had him continually on his feet, thinking fast and solving problems. “It’s like being the firefighter on a manufacturing floor,”…
The New Diplomats: Professor is expert on growing trend of state governments forging their own foreign policy pathways
In this bonus interview with the Marquette-based editors of the respected political science journal Publius, Dr. Lucia Kovacikova explains how state leaders are influencing America’s role on the global stage through paradiplomacy, pursuing their own goals for climate action, trade and international diplomacy. As Americans continue to ask how Democrats are responding to the current reality…
Who am I called to become? Marquette’s new Ignatian Leadership minor gives students rare chance to experience the “Spiritual Exercises”
It is a little-known fact that St. Ignatius of Loyola envisioned the Spiritual Exercises as a guide — or even a prayer blueprint — for young people. So says Rev. Ryan Duns, S.J., department chair and associate professor of theology, who over the past year has gathered the pieces needed to launch a first-of-its-kind academic…
Treasure trove: Honoring 40 years of art and education at The Haggerty
Turning 40 is a big deal, whether you’re a person or a cultural institution. So, when curator Dr. Kirk Nickel learned that the Haggerty Museum of Art would be celebrating its 40th birthday, he knew he needed to dig deep to put together a major exhibition worthy of such a milestone anniversary. The main challenge,…
Inside Marquette Mentors — students’ guiding lights
Illustrations by Luke Best As Marquette Mentors celebrates its 12th year, its growth deserves to be recognized for what it is: phenomenal. The program that started as a pilot in 2013 with 30 students, each paired with an alumni mentor, reached 200 annual matches this year — an achievement stewarded by Dan DeWeerdt, Marquette Mentors’…
K-12 schools need more special education teachers — how Marquette is answering that call
Awareness about special learning needs in K-12 classrooms has evolved significantly over the past two decades across the U.S. Educators — with support from the university-based teacher education programs that train them — have developed more precise methods and language for identifying the needs of individual students. In response, many new supports and tools are now available…
How anxious is today’s generation? Marquette’s Intersection faculty conversation
How much strain are today’s young people feeling? Quite a bit, unfortunately. National statistics say rates of depression and anxiety have soared, while closer to home, admissions officers revealed that one in three applicants to Marquette this year referred to mental health struggles in their personal essays. As parents, educators and students themselves have searched…